Hat-label holder



(No Model.)l

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Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE PROMIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT- LABEL H OLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,854, .lated December 4, 1888.

Application iled October 4, 1887. Serial No. 251,406. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PROMIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefui Hat-li'Iarker, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an attachment for hats, serving to distinguish them from each other; and its objects are, first, to attach conveniently to the hat on the inside; secon dly, to be hidden from view when the hatis upon the head, and, thirdly, to be conspicuous when the hat is off the head. I attain these obj ect-s by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a view in perspective of thehat and marker attached thereto as they appear when the hat isV olf the head and the marker is extended outward. Fig. 2 is a sectional view in detail showing the attachment of the marker to the hat, the several parts of the marker in their combination, and the movement of which it is capable.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughont the several views. Y

A is a pliable and elastic cross-piece attached by suitable means to opposite points of sweat-band D. It may be made of any pliable and elastic substance; but I regard steel as the best. In breadth and thickness it may be varied but I prefer to make it flat, since when so shaped it bends most readily, as desired, and offers most resistance to bending otherwise. In order that it maybe made to bend a considerable distance inward or outward, as shown by Fig. 2, it must be much longer than 'would be necessary if intended to extend directly across the hat. I prefer to make it of lsuch length as is best suited to its extension across the, hat from side to side, as the wearer can then, by moving it forward or backward Vin the hat,4 adapt its position to the size and shape of the hat and head. and three-fourths inches is a proper length.

B is a sign-piece in the middle of crosspiece A. It face is intended to hold and present to View letters, monograms, names, words, advertisements, pictures, iigures, and designs separately or in combination; but such use of a sign-piece is known to be in common prac# Seven tice, and is not separately claimed as part of my invention. In size and shape the signpiece maybe varied according to taste or convenience. Because of cheapness I prefer to y make it of tin but it may be made of any Iirm substance or substances whatever. It is attached to cross-piece A by any suitable means, soldering bein g the best.

At each of its extremities crosspiece A is attached to sweat-band D by any suitable means. Fig. 2 shows the clasps C C hinged to the cross4pieceA and clasping at opposite points the sweat-band I). Y

I am aware that clasps such shown by Figs. l and 2 have long been in use, and do not claim them specifically as part of my invention.v

Then cross-piece A is by suitable means attached at opposite points to sweat-band D, as shown by Fig. 2, it may be alternately bentinward or outward past the points of attachment at its extremities, and it will then act as a spring to bend and. lock itself farther inward or outward. Ihen so attached and bending outward, as shown by Figs. l and 2, it may be bent past the points of attachment at its extremities, and thus be made to bend and lock itself farther inward by placing the hat upon the head. Then bending outward, as shown by Figs. l and 2, it .conspicuously presents to view the face of sign-piece B, and

when bending inward it still presents the face of sign-piece B, but holds the same, and is vitself beyond reach of the head.

' That I claim, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a 'hat-indicator, in combination, a plate bearing strip of resilient metal, means for removably connecting the extremities of said strip at opposite points to the interior of a hat, and reversible hinges at or near each extremity of the resilient strip, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hat-indicator, in combination, two clasps capable of attachment to the sweatband of a hat, a resilient strip of metal hingedly connected to each of said clasps, said resilient strip being of greater length than the distance between said clasps,whereby said strip may be caused to lie either above or below the plane of the two clasps, in either IOO case assuming' lfhe form of an are of a circle, i 11i-oiled jaws at eaeh extremity of said strip, as and for the purpose Specified. i and hinges at the points of junction of the 3. In a hat-i1idieato1,in combination, a restrip and jaws, subsi'antialiy as set forth. silient strip of metal of length in excess ofi the diameter of the hat to which it is to be 1 yWitnesses: applied, a plate attached to said sti-ip intei'- l mediate of its length, a pair of spring-cou- EI GENE PROMIS.

DAVID GOODBREAD, SAML. YEo. 

